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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 6,644 | 755 | 9.2 | 8.4-10.0 | 5,889 | 90.8 | 90.0-91.6 |
-Piedmont | 3,338 | 313 | 8.0 | 7.1- 9.1 | 3,025 | 92.0 | 90.9-92.9 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 1,422 | 155 | 9.9 | 8.3-11.7 | 1,267 | 90.1 | 88.3-91.7 |
Female | 1,916 | 158 | 6.4 | 5.3- 7.6 | 1,758 | 93.6 | 92.4-94.7 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 2,152 | 233 | 9.4 | 8.1-10.8 | 1,919 | 90.6 | 89.2-91.9 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 689 | 66 | 8.2 | 6.2-10.9 | 623 | 91.8 | 89.1-93.8 |
Other | 446 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | |||||||
18-34 | 689 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
35-44 | 517 | 14 | 2.5 | 1.4- 4.4 | 503 | 97.5 | 95.6-98.6 |
45-54 | 627 | 35 | 5.9 | 4.1- 8.5 | 592 | 94.1 | 91.5-95.9 |
55-64 | 606 | 72 | 12.5 | 9.6-16.0 | 534 | 87.5 | 84.0-90.4 |
65-74 | 512 | 97 | 20.3 | 16.3-24.9 | 415 | 79.7 | 75.1-83.7 |
75+ | 333 | 90 | 30.3 | 24.6-36.7 | 243 | 69.7 | 63.3-75.4 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 341 | 50 | 13.4 | 9.8-18.2 | 291 | 86.6 | 81.8-90.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 829 | 95 | 9.0 | 7.2-11.3 | 734 | 91.0 | 88.7-92.8 |
Some Post-H.S. | 872 | 97 | 8.7 | 7.0-10.7 | 775 | 91.3 | 89.3-93.0 |
College Graduate | 1,276 | 67 | 3.7 | 2.8- 4.8 | 1,209 | 96.3 | 95.2-97.2 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 293 | 50 | 14.3 | 10.4-19.4 | 243 | 85.7 | 80.6-89.6 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 498 | 77 | 15.1 | 11.7-19.3 | 421 | 84.9 | 80.7-88.3 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 282 | 24 | 7.0 | 4.4-10.9 | 258 | 93.0 | 89.1-95.6 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 355 | 25 | 6.4 | 4.1- 9.9 | 330 | 93.6 | 90.1-95.9 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 389 | 31 | 5.8 | 3.9- 8.6 | 358 | 94.2 | 91.4-96.1 |
$75,000+ | 833 | 36 | 2.9 | 2.0- 4.2 | 797 | 97.1 | 95.8-98.0 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 731 | 165 | 22.1 | 18.7-26.0 | 566 | 77.9 | 74.0-81.3 |
No | 2,541 | 143 | 4.4 | 3.7- 5.3 | 2,398 | 95.6 | 94.7-96.3 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 369 | 72 | 18.3 | 14.1-23.4 | 297 | 81.7 | 76.6-85.9 |
Non-Veteran | 2,956 | 241 | 6.9 | 5.9- 7.9 | 2,715 | 93.1 | 92.1-94.1 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
Urban | 1,796 | 134 | 6.9 | 5.7- 8.4 | 1,662 | 93.1 | 91.6-94.3 |
Regional City or Suburban | 885 | 107 | 9.5 | 7.6-11.7 | 778 | 90.5 | 88.3-92.4 |
Rural | 657 | 72 | 9.1 | 7.0-11.8 | 585 | 90.9 | 88.2-93.0 |
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*Data for this table were derived from the cardiovascular disease history questions.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.
^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.
Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
**Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
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